Diaper for infants



May 8, 1951 B. s. GOODWIN ET AL DIAPER FOR INFANTS 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Jan. 10, 1950 Beulah S. Goodwin Doris L. Afmar INVENTORA y 9 1951 B. s. GOODWlN ET AL 2,551,667

DIAPER FOR INFANTS Filed Jan. 10, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Baum/2 5. Goodwin ar/'5 L. Alma! INVENTORS Patented May 8, 1951 DIAPER FOR INFANTS Beulah S. Goodwin and Doris L.- Atmar, Lufkin, Tex.

Application January 10, 1950, Serial No. 137,822

4 Claims.

This invention relates to garments for infants which are commonly known as diapers.

The type of diaper which is at present almost universally used consists of a rectangular sheet of cloth which is folded and pinned about the infant. This form of diaper is inconvenient and difficult to adjust, and, owing to the several folds of cloth at the ends to be secured together, an objectionable amount of cloth is provided Where the same is unnecessary and undesirable.

The objects of our invention are to produce an inexpensive diaper which is sanitary, comfortable. and easy to adjust and secure on the infant, a minimum thickness being provided where thickness is unnecessary, and considerable thickness being provided were thickness is needed.

Other objects and features of the invention will become apparent from the following description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the present diaper in unfolded condition, looking at the inner surface thereof;

Figure 2 is a similar view of the diaper in folded condition;

Figures 3 and 4 are front views of the diaper, showing successive steps in placing the diaper upon the infant, Figure 3 being in elevation and Figure 4 being in perspective;

Figure 5 is an enlarged longitudinal section taken on the line 5-5 of Figure l; and

Figure 6 is an enlarged fragmentary section taken on the line 65 of Figure 1.

Referring in detail to the drawings, 5 indicates an elongated longitudinally tapered body having its narrow end flared as at 6 and adapted to be folded on a transverse line 7 (Figure 2) midway between its ends to provide a narrow end portion 8 adapted to extend across the front of the infant and a wide end portion 9 adapted to extend across the back and around the sides of the infant and to be overlapped at its corners It by or upon the corners H of the narrow end portion 8 of said body.

The diaper also includes similar elongated wings i2 and 12' joined (preferably integrally) along their inner longitudinal edges to the longitudinal edges of the body 5 and tapered in the same general direction as said body. The wings l2 and I2 are adapted to be folded on the lines l3 to the inner surface of the body in overlapped relation, and they are of a width to extend sub stantially the entire width of the body. The ends of the body project beyond the ends of the wings as clearly shown in Figure 2, and means, such as coasting separable fastener members 14 and M, are provided to separably secure the end edge of the wide end portion of the body to the end edge of the narrow end portion thereof adjacent the corners of said body. The fastener members Hi and it are preferably provided in plurality for selective engagement with each other so as to adjust the waist line of the garment as to girth and thereby adapt the diaper for use upon infants having different waistline measurements.

It will be noted that the projecting ends of the body portion provide a minimum thickness at the waistline where thickness is not needed, while the wings and the adjacent portion of the body provide a considerable thickness throughout the remaining major area of the diaper where thickness is needed.

After the wings are folded onto the body as shown in Figure 2, the narrow end of the diaper is brought upwardly in front of the infant as illustrated in Figure 3, whereupon the sides of the wide end portion of the body are folded inwardly and the fastener members Hi and I4 are properly engaged with each other to secure the garment in place on the infant in the condition shown in Figure 4.

As indicated in Figures 5 and 6, the diaper is preferably made of two layers of material of the form or outline shown in Figure 1, including the body and the wings. The edges of these layers are stitched together except at the outer longitudinal edge of the wing l2, whereupon the layers are turned inside out to dispose the seam between the layers as indicated at 15 in Figure 5. The edges of the layers along the outer longitudinal edge of the wing 12 are then stitched together as indicated at It in Figure 6. The respective layers are indicated at a and Z).

From the foregoing description, it is believed that the construction, manner of use and advantages of the present invention will be readily understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art. Minor changes in the form of the parts of the garment are contemplated within the spirit of the invention as claimed.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A diaper for infants comprising an elongated lcngitudinally tapered body having a flared narrow end and adapted to be folded on a transverse line midway between its ends to provide a narrow end portion adapted to extend across the front of the infant and a wide end portion adapted to extend across the back and around the sides of the infant and to be overlapped at its corners upon the corners of the narrow end portion of said body, and elongated wings joined along their inner longitudinal edges to the longitudinal edges of the body and tapered in the same general direction as said body, said wings being adapted to be folded to the inner surface of the body in overlapped relation and being of a width to extend substantially the entire width of said body, the ends of said body projecting a short distance beyond the ends of said wings.

2. A diaper for infants comprising an elongated longitudinally tapered body having a flared narrow end and adapted to be folded on a transverse line midway between its ends to provide a narrow end portion adapted to extend across the front of the infant and a wide end portion adapted to extend across the back and around the sides of the infant and to be overlapped at its corners upon the corners of the narrow end portion of said body, elongated wings joined along their inner longitudinal edges to the longitudinal edges of the body and tapered in the same general direction as said body, said wings being adapted to be folded to the inner surface of the body in overlapped relation and being of a width to extend substantially the entire width of said body, the ends of said body projecting a short distance beyond the ends of said wings, and means to separably secure the end edge of the wide end portion of the body to the end edge of the narrow end portion thereof adjacent the corners of said body.

3. A diaper for infants comprising an elongated longitudinally tapered body having a flared narrow end and adapted to be folded on a transverse line midway between its ends to provide a narrow end portion adapted to extend across the front of the infant and a wide end portion adapted to extend across the back and around the sides of the infant and to be overlapped at its corners upon the corners of the narrow end portion of said body, elongated wings joined along their inner longitudinal edges to the longitudinal edges of the body and tapered in the same general direction as said body, said wings being adapted to be folded to the inner surface of the body in overlapped relation and being of a width to extend substantially the entire width of said body, the ends of said body projecting a short distance beyond the ends of said wings, and means to separably secure the end edge of the wide end portion of the body to the end edge of the narrow end portion thereof adjacent the corners of said body, said means comprising a plurality of coacting separable fastener members providing for adjustment of the waist line of the diaper as to girth.

4. A diaper for infants comprising an elongated longitudinally tapered body having a flared narrow end and adapted to be folded on a transverse line midway between its ends to provide a narrow end portion adapted to extend across the front of the infant and a wide end portion adapted to extend across the back and around the sides of the infant and to be overlapped at its corners upon the corners of the narrow end portion of said body, and elongated wings joined along their inner longitudinal edges to the longitudinal edges of the body and tapered in the same general direction as said body, said wings being adapted to be folded to the inner surface of the body in overlapped relation and being of a width to extend substantially the entire width of said body, the ends of said body projecting a short distance beyond the ends of said Wings, said body and wings comprising two layers of material of the same outline stitched together along their edges except at an outer edge of one of the wings and being turned wrong side out to dispose the resulting seams between the layers.

BEULAH S. GOODWIN. DORIS L. ATMAR.

No references cited. 

